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astro-ph2004
Irradiation-driven mass transfer cycles in compact binaries
Andreas Buening, Hans Ritter
We elaborate on the analytical model of Ritter, Zhang, and Kolb (2000, A&A 360, 959) which describes the basic physics of irradiation-driven mass transfer cycles in semi-detached c…
astro-ph2000
On the spin-up of neutron stars to millisecond pulsars in long-period binaries
H. Ritter, A. King
We study the accretion efficiency of neutron stars in long-period binaries, i.e. with periods longer than about 200d, which accrete from a giant companion. Using alpha-disc models…
astro-ph2000
Irradiation and mass transfer in low-mass compact binaries
H. Ritter, U. Kolb, Z. -Y. Zhang
We study the reaction of low-mass stars to anisotropic irradiation and its importance for the long-term evolution of compact binaries binaries. We show by means of a simple homolog…